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SHE'S A WOMAN (Bassline)

As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1964 Album PAST MASTERS VOL. 1)

Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand 


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'


 Intro
  Q=170(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          W
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|


  H    Q   Q    Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E
|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|--------7--5s3-|--------7--5s3-|
|---------12--|-5----5--------|-5----5--------|


                                   1st, 2nd & 4th Verses
                                $
  Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E     Q.   E Q  Q    Q  Q  H
|---------------|---------------||---------------|------------|
|---------------|---------------||o--------------|------------|
|--------7--5s3-|--------7--5s3-||o--------7-----|-5--5-------|
|-5----5--------|-5----5--------||--5----5----5--|-------5----|


  Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  Q    Q  Q  H
|---------------|---------------|--------------|------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|------------|
|--------7--5s3-|--------7--5s3-|--------7-----|-5--5-------|
|-5----5--------|-5----5--------|-5----5----5--|-------5----|


  Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E   q  q  q  E E
|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------7--5s3-|--------7--5s3-|-5--5-------3-|
|-5----5--------|-5----5--------|-------5--5---|


  q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  q    Q.   E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|-5--5-------3-|-5--5-------3-|-5--5-----5--|--------7-----|
|-------5--5---|-------5--5---|-------5-----|-5----5----5--|


  Q  Q  H      Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E q  q    Q.   E Q.   E
|------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
|------------|-----------5h7-|-----------7--|---------------|
|-5--5-------|--------7------|--------7-----|-7----7------5-|
|-------5----|-5----5--------|-5----5-------|--------7------|


  Q.   E Q  Q    q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  q    Q.   E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|-7----7----7--|-5--5-------3-|-5--5-----5--|--------------|
|--------7-----|-------5--5---|-------5-----|-5----5-5--5--|


                1.
       To Coda
  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  E E   Q  E E E E Q
|--------------|---------------|----------------||
|--------------|-----------5h7-|---------------o||
|-5----5-------|--------7------|----7-7-7-7-7--o||
|--------5--5--|-5----5--------|-5--------------||


                                Chorus
  2.
  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q     Q  Q  Q  Q
|--------------|--------------||-------------|
|-----------5--|-7----7----7--||-------------|
|--------7-----|--------7-----||-4--4-----4--|
|-5----5-------|--------------||-------4-----|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    q  q  q  q
|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-4--4-----4--|-------------|-------------||
|-------4-----|-4--4-----4--|-5--5--7--7--||
|-------------|-------4-----|-------------||


 3rd Verse
  Q.   E Q  Q    Q  Q  H      Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E
|--------------|------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------7-----|-5--5-------|--------7--5s3-|--------7--5s3-|
|-5----5----5--|-------5----|-5----5--------|-5----5--------|


  Q.   E Q  Q    Q  Q  H      Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E
|--------------|------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------7-----|-5--5-------|--------7--5s3-|--------7--5s3-|
|-5----5----5--|-------5----|-5----5--------|-5----5--------|


  q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|-5--5-------3-|-5--5-------3-|-5--5-------3-|-5--5-----5--|
|-------5--5---|-------5--5---|-------5--5---|-------5-----|


  Q.   E Q  Q    Q  Q  H      Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E q  q
|--------------|------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------|------------|-----------5h7-|-----------7--|
|--------7-----|-5--5-------|--------7------|--------7-----|
|-5----5----5--|-------5----|-5----5--------|-5----5-------|


  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q    q  q  q  E E   q  q  q  q
|---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|-7----7------5-|-7----7----7--|-5--5-------3-|-5--5-----5--|
|--------7------|--------7-----|-------5--5---|-------5-----|


  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------||
|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------||
|--------------|-5----5-------|-------------|-7--7--7--7--||
|-5----5-5--5--|--------5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|-------------||


 Guitar Solo
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7--7--------|----7--7-----|----7--------|----7--------|
|-------5--7--|----------7--|-------5--7--|----------5--|
|-------------|-5-----------|-5-----------|-5-----5-----|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|--------------|-7--7-----5--|-7--7--------|
|-5--5-----3--|-5--5-----5/--|-------7-----|-------7--7--|
|-------5-----|-------5------|-------------|-------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E   Q.   E Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------||
|-------------|----4--5--6h7-|-----------5--|-7--7--------||
|-7--7-----7--|-5------------|--------7-----|-------7--7--||
|-------7-----|--------------|-5----5-------|-------------||


                                           D.S. al Coda
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-4--4-----4--|-------------|-------------||
|-4--4-----4--|-------4-----|-4--4-----4--|-5--5--7--7--||
|-------4-----|-------------|-------4-----|-------------||


                              Outro
  &
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q.   E H       Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------||-------------|
|----7-----5--|-7----7------||----7-----5--|
|-------7-----|--------7----||-------7-----|
|-5-----------|-------------||-5-----------|


  Q.   E Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q
|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|-7----7----5--|----7-----5--|-7----7----7--|
|--------7-----|-------7-----|--------7-----|
|--------------|-5-----------|--------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q.   E Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q
|-------------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|---------------|----7-----5--|-7----7----5--|
|-5--5-----3--|-5----5----5s7-|-------7-----|--------7-----|
|-------5-----|--------5------|-5-----------|--------------|


  Q.   E Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|-------------*|
|--------------|----4--5--6s7-|----7-----5--*|
|-7----7----7--|-5------------|-------7-----*|
|--------7-----|--------------|-5-----------*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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